Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Hollow Gesture Replaces Real Action

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Do you ever wonder what the Office of the Children's Commissioner - with an annual budget of $11.5 million and 36 full time staff (83 ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Boosting birth rates with benefit payments is a very bad idea

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Last week the UK government gave in to the growing pressure from activists to scrap their two child cap on welfare benefits - this despite...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Officials warn: "...some young people may be incentivised to have children to keep access to income support."

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This morning NewstalkZB reported officials warning, in a Regulatory Impact Statement about the government's policy to block teenagers ac...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Latest benefit data: Three observations

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The latest monthly benefit data was released yesterday. Here are three observations. There are more Cook Islanders on benefits in New Zeala...
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Monday, October 27, 2025

Same-old, same-old

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The Social Investment Agency is a creation of the National government. It kicked off in July 2024 and is headed by the former police commiss...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

What an effective welfare system might look like

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For three decades following the 1938 introduction of most social security benefits (including Invalid, Sickness and Unemployment), ...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

National's problem epitomised

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Why did National pick two former welfare-dependent sole mothers to be Ministers of Social Development? Because National is woke. They...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Who Moves from Welfare to Super?

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The National government is presiding over significant growth in benefit dependency, in both numbers and the length of duration people remain...
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Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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